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Amazon and
the United States Postal Service will offer Sunday delivery at no
extra charge just in time for the holiday season in some parts of
the United States.

The e-commerce company based in Seattle announced it has worked
out a deal with the USPS to begin delivering packages in Los
Angeles and New York metropolitan areas on Sundays.

For members of Amazon Prime, the $79-a-year subscription service
that comes with free two-day shipping, you can place an order on
Friday and have it on Sunday. "We're excited that now every day
is an Amazon delivery day, and we know our Prime members, who
voraciously shop on Amazon, will love the additional convenience
they will experience as a part of this new service," said Dave
Clark, Amazon's vice president of worldwide operations and
customer service, in a statement on Monday. All Amazon members
will have access to Sunday delivery, but Prime members are the
only ones who get free two-day delivery.

The company said it plans to expand Sunday delivery to Dallas,
Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix in 2014.

The announcement comes at tough period for the United States
Postal Service, which has experienced a string of losses. In
August, the Postal Service announced it had ended the third
quarter of 2013 with a net loss of $740 million, which raised its
year-to-date net loss to $3.9 billion.